It looks like a part time local college course will cover eligibility
for the Student version of Adobe Apps.
At 78, I may sometimes be reluctant to turn up at the college for
every session. but I'm prepared to show a fairly admirable level of enthusiasm.
Does anyone on this forum have any experience or ideas on the subject
that they can share?
Mike Halmarack <mikehalmarack@gmail.com> wrote:
It looks like a part time local college course will cover eligibility
for the Student version of Adobe Apps.
At 78, I may sometimes be reluctant to turn up at the college for
every session. but I'm prepared to show a fairly admirable level of
enthusiasm.
Does anyone on this forum have any experience or ideas on the subject
that they can share?
Adobe is a subscription, so it'll only last the duration of the course. Are you prepared to take a course every year to keep it going? Or is one year enough?
You could have a look at Affinity, who sell Adobe-competitiors without
the subscription.
It looks like a part time local college course will cover eligibility
for the Student version of Adobe Apps.
At 78, I may sometimes be reluctant to turn up at the college for
every session. but I'm prepared to show a fairly admirable level of enthusiasm.
Does anyone on this forum have any experience or ideas on the subject
that they can share?
On 17 May 2025 16:19:35 +0100 (BST), Theo
<theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> wrote:
Mike Halmarack <mikehalmarack@gmail.com> wrote:
It looks like a part time local college course will cover
eligibility for the Student version of Adobe Apps.
At 78, I may sometimes be reluctant to turn up at the college for
every session. but I'm prepared to show a fairly admirable level of
enthusiasm.
Does anyone on this forum have any experience or ideas on the
subject that they can share?
Adobe is a subscription, so it'll only last the duration of the
course. Are you prepared to take a course every year to keep it
going? Or is one year enough?
You could have a look at Affinity, who sell Adobe-competitiors
without the subscription.
TheoIve had a look at the Affinity software and have decided to go for
it. It looks like it will cover my needs, and Adobe Software is a kind
of monopolistic extortion. Except perhaps, not any more.
On Sun, 18 May 2025 00:01:39 +0100, John Rumm
<see.my.signature@nowhere.null> wrote:
On 17/05/2025 16:19, Theo wrote:
Mike Halmarack <mikehalmarack@gmail.com> wrote:
It looks like a part time local college course will cover eligibility
for the Student version of Adobe Apps.
At 78, I may sometimes be reluctant to turn up at the college for
every session. but I'm prepared to show a fairly admirable level of
enthusiasm.
Does anyone on this forum have any experience or ideas on the subject
that they can share?
Adobe is a subscription, so it'll only last the duration of the course. Are
you prepared to take a course every year to keep it going? Or is one year >>> enough?
You could have a look at Affinity, who sell Adobe-competitiors without
the subscription.
Or if you don't need the latest versions, the the entire CS2 edition of
all the main tools is effectively available as a "free" perpetual license... >>
(they made a cockup turning off their activations servers at some point
meaning legit owners could not re-install. So they published a version
that did not need activation, and it leaked. It is still out there).
Thanks, It's quite hard to find in my limited on-line world.
In my search for it I keep seeing that it's a problem to run on
anything other than older computers and OS's.
On 17 May 2025 16:19:35 +0100 (BST), Theo
<theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> wrote:
Mike Halmarack <mikehalmarack@gmail.com> wrote:
It looks like a part time local college course will cover eligibility
for the Student version of Adobe Apps.
At 78, I may sometimes be reluctant to turn up at the college for
every session. but I'm prepared to show a fairly admirable level of
enthusiasm.
Does anyone on this forum have any experience or ideas on the subject
that they can share?
Adobe is a subscription, so it'll only last the duration of the course. Are >> you prepared to take a course every year to keep it going? Or is one year >> enough?
You could have a look at Affinity, who sell Adobe-competitiors without
the subscription.
Theo
I did subscribe to Adobe software for several years, before I
retired. So I'm used to it.
I'm now looking at affinity as you suggested, thanks.
On Sun, 18 May 2025 09:14:50 +0100, alan_m <junk@admac.myzen.co.uk>
wrote:
On 17/05/2025 11:35, Mike Halmarack wrote:
It looks like a part time local college course will cover eligibility
for the Student version of Adobe Apps.
At 78, I may sometimes be reluctant to turn up at the college for
every session. but I'm prepared to show a fairly admirable level of
enthusiasm.
Does anyone on this forum have any experience or ideas on the subject
that they can share?
What is the local collage offering? I been on training courses
associated with the software I used to use at work and in general found
them not to be too useful. For instance, if the software comes with two
hundred menu options the training often consists of mainly taking you
through each one in turn and trying to give some idea of what each does.
In real life the chances of using more than 10 options on a daily basis
is rare. The course does not teach how to do a project start to finish,
even a simple Noddy project.
On other courses you only get the most benefit if you have the basic,
and some advanced, experience before you go on the course.
These days I've found that Youtube tutorials to be a great source of
information for software that is commonly available. You can work at
your own pace and "rewind" back to a procedure to view again.
What are you attempting to achieve with Adobe?
As far as the particular college course is concerned, I was thinking
of the simplest and least demanding of any kind, just so I could
qualify for the student Adobe subscription prices.
At the moment I just want to produce a local magazine, though I would
develop several more projects based on the availability of suitable
software.
I thinks YouTube is absolutely amazing for instructional videos.
So I purchased 4K Video Downloader so as to have them available
offline and without adverts.
On Sun, 18 May 2025 12:35:21 +0100, Joe <joe@jretrading.com> wrote:
On Sun, 18 May 2025 11:24:58 +0100
Mike Halmarack <mikehalmarack@gmail.com> wrote:
On 17 May 2025 16:19:35 +0100 (BST), Theo
<theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> wrote:
Mike Halmarack <mikehalmarack@gmail.com> wrote:Ive had a look at the Affinity software and have decided to go for
It looks like a part time local college course will cover
eligibility for the Student version of Adobe Apps.
At 78, I may sometimes be reluctant to turn up at the college
for every session. but I'm prepared to show a fairly admirable
level of enthusiasm.
Does anyone on this forum have any experience or ideas on the
subject that they can share?
Adobe is a subscription, so it'll only last the duration of the
course. Are you prepared to take a course every year to keep it
going? Or is one year enough?
You could have a look at Affinity, who sell Adobe-competitiors
without the subscription.
Theo
it. It looks like it will cover my needs, and Adobe Software is a
kind of monopolistic extortion. Except perhaps, not any more.
If you ever used any Serif software (DrawPlus, PagePlus, Craft Artist >etc.), Affinity is a trade name of Serif.
Thanks for the info. I wonder how the software you mention here
compares in function, quality and price with the current suite of
Affinity programs. It's certainly something else for me to research.
I find the pro-level software has steep learning curves. I can just about get a handle on Photoshop for example. Then have to relearn most of it if I don't use it for a month or so. I used to teach GIS (at a basic level) and found I'd
forgotten most of it when I tried recently. Of course (hopefully!) YMMV.
At the moment I just want to produce a local magazine, though I wouldSounds like you'll need DTP - InDesign I think is Adobe's stab. I find old copies of PageMaker work prefectly well. I think it's PM6 I've got running on W10.
develop several more projects based on the availability of suitable
software.
But I use a Mac most of time. I had to do a few A4 info sheets and similar recently - Apple's Pages worked perfectly well, with some very usable templates including newsletters. (Even) I can use that pretty much from standing.
I thinks YouTube is absolutely amazing for instructional videos.Excellent. Now for some newsletters 🙂
So I purchased 4K Video Downloader so as to have them available
offline and without adverts.
On Sun, 18 May 2025 13:44:43 +0100, John Rumm
<see.my.signature@nowhere.null> wrote:
On 18/05/2025 07:54, Mike Halmarack wrote:
On Sun, 18 May 2025 00:01:39 +0100, John Rumm
<see.my.signature@nowhere.null> wrote:
On 17/05/2025 16:19, Theo wrote:
Mike Halmarack <mikehalmarack@gmail.com> wrote:
It looks like a part time local college course will cover eligibility >>>>>> for the Student version of Adobe Apps.
At 78, I may sometimes be reluctant to turn up at the college for
every session. but I'm prepared to show a fairly admirable level of >>>>>> enthusiasm.
Does anyone on this forum have any experience or ideas on the subject >>>>>> that they can share?
Adobe is a subscription, so it'll only last the duration of the course. Are
you prepared to take a course every year to keep it going? Or is one year
enough?
You could have a look at Affinity, who sell Adobe-competitiors without >>>>> the subscription.
Or if you don't need the latest versions, the the entire CS2 edition of >>>> all the main tools is effectively available as a "free" perpetual license...
(they made a cockup turning off their activations servers at some point >>>> meaning legit owners could not re-install. So they published a version >>>> that did not need activation, and it leaked. It is still out there).
Thanks, It's quite hard to find in my limited on-line world.
In my search for it I keep seeing that it's a problem to run on
anything other than older computers and OS's.
Seemed ok to me when I tried it just now (running in windows sandbox):
https://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php/File:PsCs2onWin10.png
(Many of the reported problems relate to not being able install and
activate the CD that you bought - you need the official Adobe patched
version that comes with a serial number and does not do online activation)
I'm sure you're right. I must pursue the possibility with more energy
and enthusiasm.
Sounds like you'll need DTP - InDesign I think is Adobe's stab. I find old >> copies of PageMaker work prefectly well. I think it's PM6 I've got running onThe free option which I find pretty easy to uses is 'Scribus'
W10.
Its well good enough for brochures and flyers.
https://sourceforge.net/projects/scribus/files/scribus/1.6.4/
It's basically a layout engine. You have to do graphics maniplulation elsewhere
But I use a Mac most of time. I had to do a few A4 info sheets and similar >> recently - Apple's Pages worked perfectly well, with some very usableScribus works on Mac OSX Winders and Linux.
templates including newsletters. (Even) I can use that pretty much from
standing.
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